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Hey Katja--- U mention April..... check school holiday dates very carefully.....the whole place gets very very busy in April hols

IMHO KTP is good any time of year now that there are pools at TR Nossob and MM...they are quite modestly sized esp relevant in school hols

Katja,

The months you have mentioned is indeed a good time to go if you dont mind the heat. March would be at the end of the raining season and it does get a bit nippy at night, but nothing to realy worry about.

Thanks a lot for your advice. Yes, I would certainly want to avoid going to KTP during the school holidays.
Decisions, decisions, ...

There was a question earlier regarding the Cheetah in the park (after 13 Cheetah were seen very close together-different sightings). I have spoken to Dr. Gus Mills and he will put pen on paper and send it to me next week, then I will be able to post his reply

Great

thank you

Hi KG,

Got back from KTP/Namibia last Saturday. Attempted to look you up but your colleague, Tourism manager said you were not available. I'm sorry I would liked to have said 'hi'. But I ran into Gus instead which made up for it.
I gather you were on a field trip. The heat was something else hey!!

Toni,

Sorry about not being able to meet up with you, the last two weeks have been a bit hectic. Hopefully we meet at the 2011 cricket or on your next visit.

Glad you could at least have met up with Dr. Gus Mills.

Hi

Please could you give me some advice. I read somewhere that since the world cup, some of the camps in some of the parks except credit cards when paying for petrol. Does this apply to any of the camps in KTP?

I don't live in SA anymore so don't have a petrol card, just want to plan how much cash I should take with. If I remember correctly the shops do not accept CC's at all? Is this still the case?

It's my first time back to the park in 5 years, my memory is a bit rusted

Thanks

I did read re petrol cards and credit cards under "vital information", but not sure when last it was updated.....

There is some recent info and discussion here Gila..

Thanks Dotty.....I will have a look now

Oooooh.....more stories !!!!!!

Hi there,

Sorry for the late reply we were off-line yesterday.

Herewith the reply from Dr. Gus Mills:

'Basically the cheetah population in the Kgalagadi appears to be sound. In contrast to the Serengeti population which has been well researched, Kalahari cheetahs have lower mortality rates amongst cubs. Whereas only 5% of cubs born reach maturity in Serengeti cheetahs, we have found that 30% (10 out of 30) cubs have done so. However, time periods between litters are much longer for Kalahari cheetahs. These differences are probably a result of the higher predator density in Serengeti causing higher mortality rates, off set by better food availability causing better reproduction'.

@ Gila, please let me knoe if you did come right with the information you were looking for.

thanks, it's some good news for Kgalagadi